diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8995f98f2d9503353e554872b25414c4afe707a3..b01709825e2deff6f4e6701a51dcbaf6993322be 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ build_package:
   script:
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - VER=${CI_COMMIT_TAG#*-}
-    - sed -i "s_VERSION_${VER}_g" setup.cfg
+    - sed -i "s_0.0.1_${VER}_g" setup.cfg
     - python -m build
   artifacts:
     paths:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ef548368ab17765f2840ee7bc65202c0274ad4fc..6b8b11ec690a26afd51222e9ecd1b6cd0260d186 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = airflow_datacat_integration
-version = VERSION
+version = 0.0.1
 author = Christian Boettcher
 author_email = c.boettcher@fz-juelich.de
 description = Datacatalog Integration for Apache Airflow